Past Events

October 13, 2015Dr. Sondra Crosba gave a featured lecture on "The Health of Refugee: Europe in Crisis" on Tuesday, October 13th. Conversation about the world's largest refugee crisis since World War II and the US role.

March 19, 2015The 2015 Cathy Shine lecture, "The Right to Try - Compassionate Use of Experimental Medicine," given by Arthur Caplan, founding director of the Division of Medical Ethics in NYU Langone Medical Center's Department of Population Health, is available on video!

December 16, 2014The US Senate recently released a report detailing the use of torture by the CIA. The Health Law, Bioethics & Human Rights Department, in conjunction with Global Lawyers and Physicians, addressed this report during a special forum and discussed issues on how a medical torturer is made, national and international law on torture, the relevance of the Nuremberg Principles, applicable medical ethics standards regarding the physician’s role in torture and prison medicine, and what health and medical-related obligations, if any, the US owes to those we tortured.

Video of The Role of Physicians, Psychologists, and Health Care Providers in Post-9/11 Torture: A Forum on the US Senate’s Committee Study of the CIA’s Interrogation Program

February 12, 2014Pike LectureJonathan Woodson’s lecture, titled Meeting the Needs of America’s Heroes: A Lifetime and Community Obligation, offered insight into the responsibilities the nation has to military ill or injured as a result of their service in Afghanistan and Iraq. Read more here

February 14, 2012Bringing Torture Home: American Soldiers and the Legacy of Torture

November 2011The Right to Health Care Access and the Courts: Rethinking Health LawOctober 23, 2011The Holocaust and Its Legacy: Resiliency, Fragility and Restitution of SurvivorsOctober 29, 2010Coming Home Injured: Care and Advocacy for America's Veterans